Ming van Eijken

Ming Gherardi van Eijken (born 3 April 2008)[1] is a French artistic gymnast. She is the 2023 Junior World Championships bronze medalist on vault and the 2022 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships junior silver medalist on vault.

Ming Gherardi van Eijken
van Eijken at the 2022 European Championships
Personal information
Full nameMing Gherardi van Eijken
Nickname(s)Mingou
Country represented France
Born (2008-04-03) 3 April 2008
Hong Kong
HometownLyon, France
ResidenceSaint-Etienne
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
Years on national team2021–present (FRA)
ClubGym'Dans' Francheville
GymPole France Saint-Etienne
Head coach(es)Monique Hagard & Eric Hagard
Former coach(es)Marie Angélique Colson
ChoreographerMonique Hagard
Medal record
Representing  France
European Championships
2024 RiminiTeam
2024 RiminiVault
Junior World Championships
2023 AntalyaVault

Personal life

Van Eijken was born in 2008 in Hong Kong. She began gymnastics when she was three years old in France.[2] She is member of the France women's national artistic gymnastics team since 2022 (as a junior) and a vault specialist.

Junior gymnastics career

2022

Van Eijken competed at the 2022 City of Jesolo Trophy where she helped France finish sixth as a team.[3] In August she competed at the European Championships where she helped France finish fifth as a team.[4] During event finals van Eijken won silver on vault behind Sabrina Voinea.[5]

2023

In March van Eijken competed at the DTB Pokal Team Challenge where she helped France place fourth as a team. Individually she won gold on vault and placed fifth on floor exercise.[6] Van Eijken was selected to compete at the 2023 Junior World Championships in Antalya, Turkey alongside Lana Pondart and Lilou Viallat; the team finished in eleventh place.[7] Individually van Eijken qualified for the vault final. During the final van Eijken performed two clean vaults and won the bronze medal behind Mia Mainardi and July Marano, earning France its first ever Junior World Championship medal.[8]

Senior gymnastics career

2024

Van Eijken was selected to make her senior international debut at the 2024 Trophy of Jesolo where she won gold on vault. In May she competed at the European Championships alongside Marine Boyer, Lorette Charpy, Coline Devillard, and Morgane Osyssek.[9] During event finals she won bronze on vault behind teammate Devillard and Valentina Georgieva of Bulgaria. During the team final van Eijken helped France win the bronze medal behind Italy and Great Britain.

Competitive history

Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
Junior
2021French Championships
Swiss Cup Juniors13
Elite Gym Massilia45
French National Team Review4
2022French Test Meet4
City of Jesolo Trophy628
Haguenau Friendly11
French Championships6
European Championships5
2023DTB Pokal Team Challenge45
Junior World Championships11
French Championships104
Épernay Friendly13
Tournoi International4
Senior
2024City of Jesolo Trophy5
European Championships8

References

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